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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on March 06, 2011, 13:44:00 PM
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I've just had a cat in that had a part raw diet - My boss, a vet, was not impressed with it and said all meat should be cooked.
She said it is very dangerous to feed a cat raw meat
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Forgive me if I'm being dense but why is fresh raw meat, which we as humans can consume quite safely for the most part, dangerous for a cat, which is an obligate carnivore and has a completely different digestive system equipped to deal with raw food?
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Forgive me if I'm being dense but why is fresh raw meat, which we as humans can consume quite safely for the most part, dangerous for a cat, which is an obligate carnivore and has a completely different digestive system equipped to deal with raw food?
Answer is, it isnt dangerous! ;)
I've just had a cat in that had a part raw diet - My boss, a vet, was not impressed with it and said all meat should be cooked.
She said it is very dangerous to feed a cat raw meat
It would be more dangerous to cook it - very important nutrients are depleted by cooking.
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Forgive me if I'm being dense but why is fresh raw meat, which we as humans can consume quite safely for the most part, dangerous for a cat, which is an obligate carnivore and has a completely different digestive system equipped to deal with raw food?
She said because of Salmonella ! (tbh it was probably just a dig at Me) But I couldn't argue as she is the vet !
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lol what a biased article.
I'm not knocking raw feeding as I'm sure it is very healthy but the ingredients listed in her kibble are nowhere near those in Orijen!
As far as raw, pork is not good I read somewhere but have no opinion on how true that is.
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As far as raw, pork is not good I read somewhere but have no opinion on how true that is.
British Pork is fine :)
Forgive me if I'm being dense but why is fresh raw meat, which we as humans can consume quite safely for the most part, dangerous for a cat, which is an obligate carnivore and has a completely different digestive system equipped to deal with raw food?
She said because of Salmonella ! (tbh it was probably just a dig at Me) But I couldn't argue as she is the vet !
Show her this article Michelle ;) http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood#The_Dangers_of_Dry_Food (written by a vet :evillaugh: ) its not just raw meat that can contain salmonella ;)
and this one http://feline-nutrition.org/nutrition/spooked-by-salmonella-raw-food
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As far as raw, pork is not good I read somewhere but have no opinion on how true that is.
British Pork is fine :)
Forgive me if I'm being dense but why is fresh raw meat, which we as humans can consume quite safely for the most part, dangerous for a cat, which is an obligate carnivore and has a completely different digestive system equipped to deal with raw food?
She said because of Salmonella ! (tbh it was probably just a dig at Me) But I couldn't argue as she is the vet !
Show her this article Michelle ;) http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood#The_Dangers_of_Dry_Food (written by a vet :evillaugh: ) its not just raw meat that can contain salmonella ;)
and this one http://feline-nutrition.org/nutrition/spooked-by-salmonella-raw-food
I also thought I'd read that cats don't suffer as much from food poisoning as their digestive tracts are so short.....
hey, things you read on t'internet..... :scared:
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As far as raw, pork is not good I read somewhere but have no opinion on how true that is.
British Pork is fine :)
Forgive me if I'm being dense but why is fresh raw meat, which we as humans can consume quite safely for the most part, dangerous for a cat, which is an obligate carnivore and has a completely different digestive system equipped to deal with raw food?
She said because of Salmonella ! (tbh it was probably just a dig at Me) But I couldn't argue as she is the vet !
Show her this article Michelle ;) http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood#The_Dangers_of_Dry_Food (written by a vet :evillaugh: ) its not just raw meat that can contain salmonella ;)
and this one http://feline-nutrition.org/nutrition/spooked-by-salmonella-raw-food
I also thought I'd read that cats don't suffer as much from food poisoning as their digestive tracts are so short.....
hey, things you read on t'internet..... :scared:
If it had been my other boss I would fight the "raw corner" but I'm not taking the grief it would cause Me to try and say this boss is wrong !